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Amend CSHB 1 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1)  In Article VI of the bill, in the appropriations for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (page VI-15), reduce the appropriations for Strategy A.1.1, Air Quality Assessment and Planning, by $25,576,544 out of General Revenue-Dedicated Clean Air Account No. 151 each fiscal year.
(2)  In the bill pattern for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, amend Rider 23, Low-Income Vehicle Repair Assistance, Retrofit, and Accelerated Vehicle Retirement Program (LIRAP), (page VI-22) as follows:
23.  Low-Income Vehicle Repair Assistance, Retrofit, and Accelerated Vehicle Retirement Program (LIRAP). Amounts appropriated above out of the Clean Air Account No. 151 in Strategy A.1.1, Air Quality Assessment and Planning, include [$48,297,728] $22,721,184 each fiscal year in estimated fee revenues from vehicle inspection and maintenance fees generated pursuant to Health and Safety Code, Sections 382.202 and 382.302, to fund the Low-Income Vehicle Repair Assistance, Retrofit, and Accelerated Vehicle Retirement Program (LIRAP). Out of these amounts, not more than $253,893 in each fiscal year shall be used by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for costs associated with administering the LIRAP as authorized in Health and Safety Code, Section 382.202, and all remaining funds shall be used as LIRAP grants to local governments.
Amounts appropriated above in Strategy A.1.1, Air Quality Assessment and Planning, also include $4,829,673 in each fiscal year of the 2020-21 biennium out of the Clean Air Account No. 151 to be used only for purposes authorized in Chapter 382 of the Health and Safety Code for county-implemented local initiatives projects to reduce air emissions.
Amounts appropriated above for LIRAP grants and local initiatives projects also include an estimated $2,448,268 in estimated fee revenue generated from Travis County and $1,113,280 each fiscal year in estimated fee revenue generated from Williamson County for the 2020-21 biennium. The TCEQ shall allocate, at a minimum, the estimated revenue amounts collected in each of the counties during the 2020-21 biennium to provide LIRAP grants and local initiatives projects in those counties.
In addition to the amounts appropriated above, any additional revenues from vehicle inspection and maintenance fees generated from additional counties participating in the LIRAP beginning on or after September 1, 2019, are appropriated to the TCEQ for the biennium. Such funds shall be used to provide grants to local governments and to cover administrative costs of the TCEQ in administering the LIRAP.
(3)  In Article IX of the bill, delete Schedule C Classification Salary Schedule (page IX-19) and replace with the following:
SCHEDULE C CLASSIFICATION SALARY SCHEDULE
For the Fiscal Years Beginning September 1, 2019, and 2020
Group
<4
>4
>8
>12
>16
>20
Years of
Years of
Years of
Years of
Years of
Years of
Service
Service
Service
Service
Service
Service
C01
$42,740
-
-
-
-
-
C02
$46,693
-
-
-
-
-
C03
$56,395
$68,746
$73,659
$76,913
$80,467
$84,021
C04
$76,401
$81,579
$84,923
$88,674
$90,885
C05
$80,582
$85,777
$89,074
$92,860
$95,192
C06
$107,280
$110,926
$113,137
$115,418
$116,802
C07
$111,537
$112,436
$114,517
$116,740
$118,894
C08
$126,206
$126,289
$126,339
$126,339
$126,339
(4)  In Article I of the bill, in the appropriations for the Office of the Attorney General (page I-13), increase appropriations by $840,057 in general revenue each fiscal year.
(5)  In Article V of the bill, in the appropriations for the Alcoholic Beverage Commission (page V-1), increase appropriations by $924,732 in general revenue each fiscal year.
(6)  In Article V of the bill, in the appropriations for the Department of Criminal Justice (page V-5), increase appropriations by $615,588 in general revenue each fiscal year.
(7)  In Article V of the bill, in the appropriations for the Department of Public Safety (page V-45), increase appropriations by $18,023,922 in general revenue each fiscal year.
(8)  In Article VI of the bill, in the appropriations for the Parks and Wildlife Department (page VI-32), increase appropriations by $2,534,245 in general revenue each fiscal year.
(9)  In Article V of the bill, in the appropriations for the Department of Public Safety (page V-5), increase appropriations in Strategy B.1.2, Routine Operations, by $2,600,000 in general revenue each fiscal year.
(10)  In the bill pattern for the Department of Public Safety, add the following new rider (page V-57):
____.  DPS Communications Operators. From amounts appropriated above in Strategy B.1.2, Routine Operations, the Department of Public Safety shall allocate $2,600,000 in general revenue each fiscal year for salary increases for communications operators pursuant to Government Code 659.262.
(11)  In Article VI of the bill, in the appropriations for the Parks and Wildlife Department (page VI-34), increase appropriations in Strategy C.1.3, Law Enforcement Support, by $38,000 in general revenue each fiscal year.
(12)  In the bill pattern for the Parks and Wildlife Department, add the following new rider (page VI-45):
____.  TPWD Communications Operators. From amounts appropriated above in Strategy C.1.3, Law Enforcement, the Parks and Wildlife Department shall allocate $38,000 in general revenue each fiscal year for salary increases for communications operators pursuant to Government Code 659.262.
(13)  Adjust all agency strategies and all totals in the bill as appropriate.